Orange County observer., 1887-12-24
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVlNES ) ST NDAi
SERMON.
Subject: " The Gospel Health
TEXT; "7yu dort strike through his hrer

IaIatfyely small part Of the Bitle J. caI!@i9 On T
Tor texts Most Of the passages II SCRIPT ire. (,
when announced at the opening ~ E%rm"n7, /
immediately divide tbem>-lvc, INTO old dta !
,1lssions that we lave heard from boThoni. F..
and the effect on rs is eoporltie. The a1iitnF T
lues.f, at the start Just what The preacher +.
~ill saw. There are very important Oh ipt-fo +
and verses that have never ten Ireaehe.t !
from. Much of m lifetime am d"Foonz /.
70 unlocking tho" gold chests ana hIa7ili1 I
oIen these qua. TIe- he talk aboHt tht
heart and SIM abo'It the heart. but II yo1 :
refer 10 the physical organ that we call the
heart IT has not half 81 mueh t. do "ith
spiritual health or disease, moral exaIial!cl
o.. spiritual depression a. the organ To the /
consideration ot which Solomon calls Us IN
the text. when be describes en progressing :
It'll dart strike through his liver"
SoomOns anatomical and T1ysiolo2ir II
discoveries were 81 very great mat 4" was
nearly 800 wears ahead Of the scientist, ~
his day He more than .tDl year, before
Chr st. ee-.Ined t. know about th~ Circulation
of the blood which Harvey di-c, Vere1 l'l
wears after Christ, for when solomon IN
Ecceaiastes, describing the human h@iF'
speaks u the pite hag at the fountain, he "Fl-
,ientIy means the three canaI+-e tdInL from
the heart I'll ut receive the b.DDl ike pitcher.
When he speaks in ltcc-aastes Of the silver +
cord OF hfe. he evidently means the spinal
marrow, about which III our day ljr- NhFn
ard Carpenter, and Dalton, al Flint ani
Brown -SequarJ have e&Verlrn"n'>' l. An
iO'ornon recorded in the BIbie taousatil, q
wears before SCIENTISTS discovered IT. that IN
hls time the spinal cord rela red II old a-e,
producing the trcmors Of haud and h"ad,
"OT If the silver cord be lDo9ed
In the text he rcveaIsthe tast that he had
studied that largest gland OF the human eyE'
TEN the liver. not 10y the e.eCtuc light Of the
modern dlssectIng room, bur tv the DIM hight
nf a comparatively dark az, and vet had
seen its important function IA the t'Od bult
castle Of the human body. It's selecting ard
rrcr.tlng power. it, curious cells its c.p;i-
.Iatd. branching tubes a divine workman
shIp in central, and night. and loft lobe, and
the hepatic artery through which tod con
duets the crimson tides. Ohl Tins vital organ
p like tha cvc OF GOd IN that Il II Yer aoeis
SOLOMON knew "t 1t and had noticed "ltr.r
IN NivlstctlOn or post mOrt+m Wiu't awful ct
tacks sin and dissipation make uInn It until
with the fat Of Almighty God { bids tie
body and soul separate anl the 1ne It - n
Iuand, TO tn grav" and the other It e'.n Is T.
Judgment n lavelu of retributlon. not
Elancing off or making slight voun !, hat
piercing il from side 10 side "tIll the dart
strike throu h tn" liver GaIen and Hippo
.ratcs aScrbe To the liver the most OF the
worlds moral depression, and the word
melancholy means black tIle
preach TO you this mornnG th" gospel Of
health I'm t. ing diagnosis Of the diseases
If the soul You must also take the diagnoses
rf the diseases of the body. As II Ia recog-
lli2e this, one whole book Of the New T">ta
Inent wAs written by physician. Luke vas
doctor, HUl lt1 nl5CbuittS fiiN'l hf IHN Noithl
plfest is, and he tells Of the gool Samaritan 3
medication Of the wounds ly pouring IN "u
and wine, and recog gmUns hunger aS hin
drance to hearing the Go,prK - that tn"
5.0O were Ted, and records the SJ are dlet Of
The prodigal away from home, and the cXtin-
gushed eyeslGht of the hegGar 10y the way
SIDE and lets us know of the hemOrrhage of
the wounds Of the dying Christ and the
miraculous post m"rtcm resusritation And
any estimate of the spiritual condition that
,nk gfVYlA Z, a.. = l,f
physical condition is incomplete
FIRST, let Christian people avoid the mis-
take that they nre AL wrong with God he
cause thev suffer from depression of spirits
Many CensccrHted man has found his spr
ituaJ sky hefoggcd. and hls hoIe and hea ver
hlott"i out, aud himself plunged hin deep II
the Slough of Despond, and hiss SAID: "MN
heart is not right with God and think mus
have made mistake, and INST al of bemG
child OF light | am IA chlld of darkness y
ono can feel n gloomy as | feed and be
Christian" And he has gone To his min,et,.
for consolation, and he In, collected Favel
hooks, and Crcfls books. and Eaxter's books
and read and read AMI read. ami prayed an
prayed and prayed, and wrpt and wept an
wert, and groan"d and groan"d and grOanef
My brother. your trouble y not wit
the heart. II Is a gastric disorder ~
belhon Of the liver Yon need a pl;vs
Cinn more than YOU do n clergyman 1t
not sin that hlots out vour hopt IT be ,vcr
hut tile, 1t not only velows yo,r eTetaI
and furs your tongue md makes your hen
nche, but swoops upon your soullu dele to!
and fOrcbodinsS. The devil i after Tou. I
has failed to de>poiI your character anf>l
does the next b.~t thing for hlm he ruh'
your pAare II mind " hen he sl - that V,
nre not forgiven soul. when hc saws TIN
you nr" rot night with God. whom he Sa'
that YOU will never get to heaven. he liz
You are Just A. sure OF heaven a. though y,
were there already. But Satan tiniIng tn
he cannon keep YOU ont OF the ~, M sell Lar
Of Canaan. ha- determined thai the spi
stall not bring YOU any # tn" E,'hol crap
netorehand, and that Won Il L have nothIl
tut priCklv Tcar and crab api'','. = ou are u
nS good now under the "Iofld II ytrrj "rrc I.
YOU wer" ACCUSTOMED 10 rs" IN tn.- nernl
20 pray and sing "HalleiUJsh It's done
Edward ,faV>on, sometimes q fer
IN the mount that l. seemed aS If (
centrlPetal force OF earth cuul no lCu-
hold HIM sometimes through a rays cal d
order was 30 far down that II >tsel lei A. R! Z
r"th"r world would clutch him. Glorlt
William t"wI-'r was as good H. gnoi CO..
he. and W Ill l,' loyel N the Christian "hur
as long aS-lt sings his hNmu t"-lnnI'
There Is tcYatan filled Wsth luot a
hlS hSmn t. -IourG. oh. for .ln,'T ":
with t'o' aud his hNmn he.luu.ls. WI
various hlndIHnru> We. meet ami Ei~ hN
l"<InuuE ,ei moves IN "A uly>t,'ji,
way. A"t : Wa H. oytr, viu' uf uiaI
~ ". rr,ha, i>ItIa, tuat { was only tt}T,r
tive u.~tlA" ut th" "A" ,tvtNrr. Vtt' L.. = 4
'"a wI"n- ira =" uis.,atot the IItor la
Thar h" lIi up' ,-alunltt >}.sa.e
spiritual toui itltu st lulLltsly IT "Ctei
thH phNslcil state, " hat great upI
t7nItv TN, gives the Christian ply stefan.
b" can f.-., at TIA" >aiu" time lr@tE be pui~
the h'1lv ami tha lu.~' # tha sui. aui
'au aimu.>t AZ t. 10th It rl.,, ami II ma
" n" = n,->l'~i he can ~" that. AN Il spfI
nal run>,l u ue~>iNI h" cau give that
earthly ami divine lfe,~gGp't II tho ~
r1nt-ani call not only th" apsru".arv